| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 172 |
| Played For: | Chicago Black Hawks Hartford Whalers Zürcher SC |
| Birth Date: | April 26, 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Verdun, Quebec, Canada |
| Draft: | 19th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1977 |
| Draft Team: | Chicago Black Hawks |
| Wha Draft: | 75th overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1977 |
| Wha Draft Team: | Birmingham Bulls |
| Career Start: | 1977 |
| Career End: | 1982 |
Jean Savard (born April 26, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 43 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks and Hartford Whalers between 1977 and 1980.
Savard was born in Verdun, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1969 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Verdun.[1] He placed junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, winning the scoring championship in 1976–77. In 1977, Savard was drafted by both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association. Savard signed with the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL, and played 42 games with Chicago and its farm team, the Dallas Black Hawks. Savard was claimed by the Hartford Whalers in the expansion draft and played one further game in the NHL. Savard played his final full season with the Binghamton Whalers in 1980–81. Savard sat out the 1981–82 season after being released by the St. Louis Blues. He played a tryout in 1982–83 with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles before retiring.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1974–75 | Montréal Bleu Blanc Rouge | QMJHL | 72 | 35 | 24 | 59 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975–76 | Montréal Juniors | QMJHL | 36 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Québec Remparts | QMJHL | 32 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 21 | ||
| 1976–77 | Québec Remparts | QMJHL | 72 | 84 | 96 | 180 | 95 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 29 | ||
| 1977–78 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 41 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 32 | ||
| 1977–78 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 31 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 60 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 78 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 52 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Zürcher SC | NDA | 28 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Zürcher SC | SUI.2 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Zürcher SC | NDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | HC Salzburg | AUT.2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 190 | 67 | 99 | 166 | 215 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 43 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||